"There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos"
Jim Hightower-TX writer-politician

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I don't think that the "illegal board meeting" has much substance. It was a party the night before.

By 7-4 the board (in a regular meeting) voted to not renew the contract of MSU President Randy Dunn..

That they may do so is not really in doubt and so this is nowhere near on the same plane as the Curris Controversies of the seventies and eighties.

Why they are not renewing Dunn is not too clear.

My personal explanation of what is going on would be based on the following general pattern, which is related to, but not exactly the same as, what some people call the seven-year-itch.

It goes like this: Boards of regents collect tickets to athletic events and they hire and fire presidents. They really don't have much else to do . A newly hired president is "the board's guy". They are attached to him. But, by and by, the members of the board are replaced and the new members do not think of the current president as "their guy". This normally takes 6 to 8 years. Many things weigh on the minds of the new members- their own abilities, their good judgment, and their quality acquaintances, ... . One day the newbies realize that the president's contract is up for renewal, that they are in the majority, and that they have never hired a president!! Duty calls.